Filtration system for a bed

Abstract

An air filtration system which is adapted to filter contaminants and is intended for use with a bed having a head area, comprising, one or more air intake ports adapted to be located under the bed; one or more fans adapted to be located under the bed and downstream of the intake port; a first air filter downstream of the intake port; and one or more conduits, downstream of the air intake port, at least one of which is capable of transporting air filtered by the first filter towards one or more air outlet ports located proximate the head area.

What is claimed is:  
     
       1. An air filtration system, adapted to filter contaminants, for use with a bed having a head area, wherein said bed includes at least one mattress which sits on a box spring or a bedboard, comprising, 
       one or more air intake ports adapted to be located under said bed;  
       one or more fans adapted to be located under said bed and downstream of said intake port;  
       a first air filter downstream of said intake port;  
       one or more conduits, downstream of said air intake port, at least one of which is capable of transporting air filtered by said first filter towards one or more air outlet ports located proximate said head area; and  
       an upper housing in which at least one of said outlet ports is disposed; and  
       a support means, to maintain said upper housing proximate said head area of said bed, of which at least a portion of said support means is capable of being inserted and held between said mattress and said boxspring or said bedboard.  
     
     
       2. The filtration system of claim  1 , further comprising a second filter downstream of said first filter. 
     
     
       3. The filtration system of claim  2 , wherein at least one of said conduits is located between said first filter and said second filter, wherein said first filter is capable of filtering at least gross contaminants and wherein said second filter is a low pore size filter. 
     
     
       4. The filtration system of claim  2 , wherein at least one of said conduits is a plenum located between said first filter and said second filter. 
     
     
       5. The filtration system of claim  1 , further comprising, 
       a lower housing in which at least one of said intake ports, at least one of said fans, and said first filters are disposed, wherein at least one of said conduits transport air from said lower housing to said upper housing.  
     
     
       6. The filtration system of claim  1 , further comprising a second filter having a low pore size and disposed in said upper housing. 
     
     
       7. The filtration system of claim  6 , wherein said second filter is a HEPA filter. 
     
     
       8. The filtration system of claim  6 , wherein at least one of said conduits is a plenum located between said first filter and said second filter. 
     
     
       9. The filtration system of claim  1 , wherein said bed further includes a headboard, wherein said upper housing is adapted to be maintained between said mattress and said headboard. 
     
     
       10. An air filtration system, adapted to filter contaminants, for use with a bed having a head area, wherein said bed includes at least one mattress which sits on a boxspring or a bedboard, comprising, 
       one or more air intake ports adapted to be located under said bed;  
       one or more prefilters downstream of said intake ports for removing at least gross contaminants;  
       one or more fans downstream of said prefilter and adapted to be located under said bed;  
       one or more low pore size filters downstream of said prefilter; and  
       one or more plenums, located between said prefilter and said low pore size filter, capable of transporting air from said prefilter to said low pore size filter;  
       one or more air outlet ports located downstream of said low pore size filter and adapted to direct filtered air to said head area; and  
       an upper housing in which at least one of said outlet ports is disposed; and  
       a support means, to maintain said upper housing proximate said head area of said bed, of which at least a portion of said support means is capable of being inserted and held between said mattress and said boxspring or said bedboard.  
     
     
       11. The filtration system of claim  10 , further comprising, 
       a lower housing in which at least one of said intake ports, at least one of said fans, and said prefilter are disposed, wherein at least one of said plenums transports air from said lower housing to said upper housing.  
     
     
       12. The filtration system of claim  10 , wherein said low pore size filter is disposed in said upper housing. 
     
     
       13. The filtration system of claim  12 , wherein said low pore size filter is a HEPA filter. 
     
     
       14. The filtration system of claim  12 , wherein said bed further includes a headboard, wherein said upper housing is adapted to be maintained between said mattress and said headboard.